Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 5507
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/09/2012 06:42 PM       .                                
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       Senator Hays moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (17) of section 318.18, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         318.18 Amount of penalties.—The penalties required for a
    8  noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal
    9  offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows:
   10         (17) In addition to any penalties imposed, a surcharge of
   11  $3 must be paid for all criminal offenses listed in s. 318.17
   12  and for all noncriminal moving traffic violations under chapter
   13  316. Revenue from the surcharge shall be remitted to the
   14  Department of Revenue and deposited quarterly into the State
   15  Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund of the Department
   16  of Management Services for the state agency law enforcement
   17  radio system, as described in s. 282.709, and to provide
   18  technical assistance to state agencies and local law enforcement
   19  agencies with their statewide systems of regional law
   20  enforcement communications, as described in s. 282.7101. This
   21  subsection expires July 1, 2021 2012. The Department of
   22  Management Services may retain funds sufficient to recover the
   23  costs and expenses incurred for managing, administering, and
   24  overseeing the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System, and
   25  providing technical assistance to state agencies and local law
   26  enforcement agencies with their statewide systems of regional
   27  law enforcement communications. The Department of Management
   28  Services working in conjunction with the Joint Task Force on
   29  State Agency Law Enforcement Communications shall determine and
   30  direct the purposes for which these funds are used to enhance
   31  and improve the radio system.
   32         Section 2. Subsection (17) of section 318.21, Florida
   33  Statutes, is amended to read:
   34         318.21 Disposition of civil penalties by county courts.—All
   35  civil penalties received by a county court pursuant to the
   36  provisions of this chapter shall be distributed and paid monthly
   37  as follows:
   38         (17) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the proceeds
   39  from the surcharge imposed under s. 318.18(17) shall be
   40  distributed as provided in that subsection. This subsection
   41  expires July 1, 2021 2012.
   42         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.
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   44  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   45         And the title is amended as follows:
   46         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   47  and insert:
   48                        A bill to be entitled                      
   49         An act relating to state law enforcement radio
   50         systems; amending ss. 318.18 and 318.21, F.S.;
   51         delaying the expiration of a surcharge imposed for
   52         certain offenses and traffic violations, the proceeds
   53         of which are deposited into the State Agency Law
   54         Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund to support such
   55         systems; providing an effective date.